Houses of Champagne reorganize (Mar 16, 2010)

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Champagne House Piper & Charles Heidsieck announced their intention to let go 45 of the 160 employees in Reims (six of them already left the company in December). The French authorities for Labour have asked for more information on the state of economic distress of the champagne estate, which was answered by “a long letter setting out point by point all requests and questions desired by the administration. We expect the administration to approve our plan soon”, has indicated the direction of Piper & Charles Heidsieck.

According to labour unions, Remy-Cointreau is using the context of crisis to reduce the payroll of its subsidiaries, including P & C Heidsieck. The CEO of Remy Cointreau, Jean-Marie Laborde, however declared : “Our sales have accounted for 8 million bottles in 2009, against 10 million in 2007, they helped us safeguarding jobs in the past. But that was three years ago and times have changed since the economic crisis affects champagne. ” Remy Cointreau reported sales of champagne down by one third on the last nine months of 2009.

Other groups are currently reorganizing their operations in Champagne, and in particular, the first of them, LVMH, which opened last spring Moët Hennessy Champagne Services (MHCS), a subsidiary that assembles administrative functions, sales and marketing workforces, together with the crucial department of grape supply for all houses owned by LVMH : Moet, Veuve Clicquot, Krug, Mercier and Ruinart. Rumors circulate about the dismissal of 25 employees at Ruinart, Rue de Crayeres in Reims, strongly denied by the CEO of Ruinart Jean-Marc Gallot, appointed at the end of 2009, which requalified them as temporary displacement of nine employees from the production site in Reims to the site of Epernay.

Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices.  Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world.  As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years.  Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple:  after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.  From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City.  From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.